Sbf problem - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Looking for ota sbf 1.83? I downloaded the one I found in forums tried to unzip it and it wont because its corrupt so anyone got a working sbf file trying to do a clean sweep and startover I have 1.57 but i get an error of an internal problem and wont let me load it havnt tried 1.26 let alone find it if I could get all three that would be great preferred working ones
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The 4.1.83 sbf floating around is not a full system sbf. You need to flash 4.1.26 or 4.1.57 first.

I get an internal error message when trying to load 1.57
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grncivic2001 said:
I get an internal error message when trying to load 1.57
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tehn SBF to 1.2.6 and OTA upgrade up.

grncivic2001 said:
I get an internal error message when trying to load 1.57
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I suggest flashing 4.1.26 sbf, then OTA to 4.1.57, then OTA to 4.1.83.
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Thanks the reason I was trying to do this was vecuase of phone glitches apps restarting games looping at start but fixed it with factory reset which I didn't know but it takes your phone back to factory and installs all the bloatware ect ect but it keeps the gingerblur theme installed keyboard, wallpaper, but prob need to load again to get all options. Good news is that my problems were all fixed
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grncivic2001 said:
Looking for ota sbf 1.83? I downloaded the one I found in forums tried to unzip it and it wont because its corrupt so anyone got a working sbf file trying to do a clean sweep and startover I have 1.57 but i get an error of an internal problem and wont let me load it havnt tried 1.26 let alone find it if I could get all three that would be great preferred working ones
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It's a fake that's why It has been floating around the net and they are all saying its fake.. Just get the 4.1.57 then update it to the .83 its no big deal..

jasonwalker1980 said:
It's a fake that's why It has been floating around the net and they are all saying its fake
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Lol source?
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jasonwalker1980 said:
It's a fake that's why It has been floating around the net and they are all saying its fake.. Just get the 4.1.57 then update it to the .83 its no big deal..
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OMG, if this is true, my phone is really screw up flashing 1.26 back then OTA update to .83 then. why Motorola??? why????

grncivic2001 said:
Looking for ota sbf 1.83? I downloaded the one I found in forums tried to unzip it and it wont because its corrupt
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Also, you don't unzip the sbf's. You should be flashing them with RSDLite.

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Sbf 1.83 or ota ?

I've been holding off updating. I'm a little confused, I've seen some posts saying its better to do the ota. Does it really matter which way you you update?
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Well, I OTAd the update on a rooted 1.57 and had no problems. Just had to run afterupdate.bat again from gladroot after the update to retain root. I think the better question is do you want to be odexed or deodexed. Odexed is good if you want to keep your phone as close to stock as possible and you will get these files from the OTA update. Deodexed is better is you want to do editing, install more themes, etc.
The 1.83 sbf with deodexed files is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1055851
and I don't need to tell you where the OTA update for odexed files is.
I have the 1.83 sbf already thanks though. I'm rooted and on grey blur with webtop mod, so I haven't gotten the ota notice.
I thought retain root doesn't work, so we have to use ginger break instead.
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Last night I soft bricked my phone, flashed to 1.26, used gladroot to root, updated to 1.57, ran afterupdate to get root back, OTAd to 1.83, ran afterupdate again and am not running on 1.83 rooted. Gingerbreak scares me with the talk of it possibly formatting your internal sd.
Your not on 1.83? Or is that a typo?
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I'm running Gingerblur version 3.0. I just got the update message for 1.8.3. It will download but not install. I had this issue upgrading to the one before this. Last time I restored my phone back to stock to get it to install. Don't want to do that again. Is it something I'm overlooking?
jimbush3 said:
Gingerbreak scares me with the talk of it possibly formatting your internal sd.
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Yep, I lose the contents of internal SD every time - but with backup, it's much quicker and easier than flashing back to 1.26 and working your way up again. Appears to have no adverse effects - worked fine to restore root after 1.5.7 and again after 1.8.3.
Of course YMMV.
sagerox said:
Your not on 1.83? Or is that a typo?
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I'm on 1.83 now, I was saying that I had a rooted 1.57 and was able to OTA update to 1.83 with no problems.
And I may end up trying gingerbreak in the future, but I was bricked anyway so I just rebuilt.
I was in the exact same situation. Had to install SBF 1.26 and repeated the hole process. I don't think there's other way to update
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fail to update by OTA~!!!help!

Because i had chage the system Documents(OlympusCamera.apk), now, i still can get the OTA message that update to 4.5.91, but after i finish the download, and run the install, it fail~!!!!
what should i do???
do i need to use RSD to reinstall the 1.83???
or i just recover the original 1.83 OlympusCamera.apk??? if so, can someone give me the original 1.83 OlympusCamera.apk???
eeww said:
Because i had chage the system Documents(OlympusCamera.apk), now, i still can get the OTA message that update to 4.5.91, but after i finish the download, and run the install, it fail~!!!!
what should i do???
do i need to use RSD to reinstall the 1.83???
or i just recover the original 1.83 OlympusCamera.apk??? if so, can someone give me the original 1.83 OlympusCamera.apk???
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First of all post in right section or everyone is gonna be pissed!
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eeww said:
Because i had chage the system Documents(OlympusCamera.apk), now, i still can get the OTA message that update to 4.5.91, but after i finish the download, and run the install, it fail~!!!!
what should i do???
do i need to use RSD to reinstall the 1.83???
or i just recover the original 1.83 OlympusCamera.apk??? if so, can someone give me the original 1.83 OlympusCamera.apk???
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doesnt belong in the dev thread but anyway i would rsd back just to make sure you have a clean install
TechnoNeto said:
doesnt belong in the dev thread but anyway i would rsd back just to make sure you have a clean install
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Do not rsd!
Once you have tried ota, rsd-ing might lead to hard brick.
Please don't give random advises.
Post in q& a section and someone will be able To help you.
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ceo.mtcl said:
First of all post in right section or everyone is gonna be pissed!
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lol be of some help or else youll just bump his tread!
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Do not rsd!
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why not hes not on gb yet hes still on stock
if u dont rsd plug your phone in and do it through the usb
random advices? your lucky i already recieved a warning from the mod
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why not hes not on gb yet hes still on stock
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He tried ota. You do not know if he updated and is stuck or not.
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TechnoNeto said:
lol be of some help or else youll just bump his tread!
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I'm trying to help. But you are trying to brick his phone mate!
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ceo.mtcl said:
I'm trying to help. But you are trying to brick his phone mate!
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well if he can boot into 4.1.83 then doing the rsd will be fine if hes in some sort of brick he may want to flash the gb sbf
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Moving to the Q & A Section.
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I'm trying to help. But you are trying to brick his phone mate!
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once i run to the install, it will just run 3/1, and then stop, i need to put out the bettery and restart the cell phone, and it back to 1.83 OS, and it show a message:"fail to update" !!
PS: sorry to pst into wrong area, but i really want ot update to 4.5.91~!!
eeww said:
Because i had chage the system Documents(OlympusCamera.apk), now, i still can get the OTA message that update to 4.5.91, but after i finish the download, and run the install, it fail~!!!!
what should i do???
do i need to use RSD to reinstall the 1.83???
or i just recover the original 1.83 OlympusCamera.apk??? if so, can someone give me the original 1.83 OlympusCamera.apk???
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See this thread.
This should fix all of your issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138204
eeww said:
once i run to the install, it will just run 3/1, and then stop, i need to put out the bettery and restart the cell phone, and it back to 1.83 OS, and it show a message:"fail to update" !!
PS: sorry to pst into wrong area, but i really want ot update to 4.5.91~!!
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well if you are certain you are on 4.1.83 try putting the apk back if that doesnt work try using rsd to flash either the gb or stock sbf back if u want a rom from one of the devs i have a detailed guide(video) on how to do so
I can help, BUT FIRST I NEED TO KNOW.....
eeww said:
Because i had chage the system Documents(OlympusCamera.apk), now, i still can get the OTA message that update to 4.5.91, but after i finish the download, and run the install, it fail~!!!!
what should i do???
do i need to use RSD to reinstall the 1.83???
or i just recover the original 1.83 OlympusCamera.apk??? if so, can someone give me the original 1.83 OlympusCamera.apk???
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These are some need to know questions before I or anyone else can assist you in your problem.
1) What version are you on!??? 1.2.6, 1.5.7, 1.8.3, 2.3.4??
2) Have you ever unlocked your bootloader?? <---- THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW!!!
IF YOU HAVE UNLOCKED YOUR BOOTLOADER THEN FLASHING A .SBF WILL RESULT IN A HARDBRICK.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER UNLOCKED YOUR BOOTLOADER THEN THE ONLY WAY TO GET A FRESH INSTALL IS USING A .SBF
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These are some need to know questions before I or anyone else can assist you in your problem.
1) What version are you on!??? 1.2.6, 1.5.7, 1.8.3, 2.3.4??
2) Have you ever unlocked your bootloader?? <---- THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW!!!
IF YOU HAVE UNLOCKED YOUR BOOTLOADER THEN FLASHING A .SBF WILL RESULT IN A HARDBRICK.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER UNLOCKED YOUR BOOTLOADER THEN THE ONLY WAY TO GET A FRESH INSTALL IS USING A .SBF
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I haven't unlock my atrix before, and my atrix is 1.83 OS,i have try to use the RSD to flash the att 1.83.sbf brfore, but it keep said fail!!
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eeww said:
I haven't unlock my atrix before, and my atrix is 1.83 OS,i have try to use the RSD to flash the att 1.83.sbf brfore, but it keep said fail!!
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Try flashing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182526
Make sure you have a FULL battery
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eeww said:
I haven't unlock my atrix before, and my atrix is 1.83 OS,i have try to use the RSD to flash the att 1.83.sbf brfore, but it keep said fail!!
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OK well this is gonna be easy,
Flash the 1.2.6 ATT US found HERE and upgrade via WiFi updater to 1.5.7 then 1.8.3 then to 2.3.4.
To use RSDlite (or for further details look HERE);
Charge to FULL battery <---- IMPORTANT
Start up the RSDlite program
Turn off phone, Remove SD-card, Remove SIM card and turn back on holding the power button and volume up key until it says "Starting RSD protocol support"
Plug your phone into the usb port and RSDlite should say "Status: Connected…"
Load the 1.2.6 SBF in the RSD and click start.
May take from 5-10 minutes Do NOT pull battery during this time or unplug until it says 100% complete
If you have any other questions please ask here or shoot me a message. Happy Flashing!!
Thx all of you guys, i will try it tonight(in hong kong right [email protected]@so hot!) Hope will be success to 4.5.91!!
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ClearFire said:
OK well this is gonna be easy,
Flash the 1.2.6 ATT US found HERE and upgrade via WiFi updater to 1.5.7 then 1.8.3 then to 2.3.4.
To use RSDlite (or for further details look HERE);
Charge to FULL battery <---- IMPORTANT
Start up the RSDlite program
Turn off phone, Remove SD-card, Remove SIM card and turn back on holding the power button and volume up key until it says "Starting RSD protocol support"
Plug your phone into the usb port and RSDlite should say "Status: Connected…"
Load the 1.2.6 SBF in the RSD and click start.
May take from 5-10 minutes Do NOT pull battery during this time or unplug until it says 100% complete
If you have any other questions please ask here or shoot me a message. Happy Flashing!!
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its work~!!! thx a lot, but one more question if i only change the BOOTANIMATION, will it also effect the OTA can not be install??
Your Welcome!
eeww said:
its work~!!! thx a lot, but one more question if i only change the BOOTANIMATION, will it also effect the OTA can not be install??
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That I cannot be a 100% on as I used to install a fresh SBF before an upgrade. But now that we have custom ROM's I do not worry about those things anymore
I would assume yes, just to be on the safe side, and if you do change the boot animation just backup the original so if you do have problems upgrading OTA then you can simply put it back.
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Question about ROM's

I tried to google search this but found nothing. My phone is ROM'ed atm but their hasent been a update for it in a few months. So i want to put a more updated ROM and also because every 12 hours my phone ask me to upgrade to gingerbread. Now the question is in order to add a new ROM can i just install it over the old ROM or do i need to uninstall it. If i need to uninstall it how do i do so? just wipe the phone? Also sorry if this is in the wrong spot cant ask this question in the developer part.
Sbf to 2.3.3 if you want to get anothr rom. Dont ota for an update
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So your saying just install gingerbread, root the phone again and then rom it? So its safe to just install gingerbread without wiping the phone? I have no idea what sbf or ota means so im kinda lost.
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Look up the sbf article in the sticky, follow it, root, install bootstrap, flash now rom. Its that simple.
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m125 said:
Look up the sbf article in the sticky, follow it, root, install bootstrap, flash now rom. Its that simple.
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Oh sweet thanks ill try this out when i get out of class tonight.
ok so i installed rsd lite and got my phone to stock gingerbread. I rooted with 'MotorolaOneClickRoot_psouza4 and that was ok. I installed bootstrap and when i click install recovery it says Install Failure /data/data/com.tenfar,a4.recovery/files/surunner.sh (Permission denied). What does this mean? I know im rooted since titanium backup is working and superuser is asking permission for stuff.
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ok so i installed rsd lite and got my phone to stock gingerbread. I rooted with 'MotorolaOneClickRoot_psouza4 and that was ok. I installed bootstrap and when i click install recovery it says Install Failure /data/data/com.tenfar,a4.recovery/files/surunner.sh (Permission denied). What does this mean? I know im rooted since titanium backup is working and superuser is asking permission for stuff.
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Go into the superuser app and forget the settings for the bootstrap.
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Go into the superuser app and forget the settings for the bootstrap.
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ok i open superuser and it says no apps in list. In the log windows their is 4 things, (top to bottom) 4 root check and superuser. If i click on preferences their is nothing about forgetting apps. Under extras bootstrap isent even under the su featured apps.
WolfsFang said:
ok i open superuser and it says no apps in list. In the log windows their is 4 things, (top to bottom) 4 root check and superuser. If i click on preferences their is nothing about forgetting apps. Under extras bootstrap isent even under the su featured apps.
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I do not think that you are rooted then. Do you have adb installed? If not, I would just rerun the exploit again.
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I do not think that you are rooted then. Do you have adb installed? If not, I would just rerun the exploit again.
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no idea what adb is but i downloaded root checker and it says im rooted.
great i redid oneclick root and now i dont have root on my phone. Im going back to froyo and downloading gingerbread and then trying to root that somehow. This is very annoying.
Why go back to froyo? Just SBF gingerbread 2.3.3 and one-click root it.
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Why go back to froyo? Just SBF gingerbread 2.3.3 and one-click root it.
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ok im going to sbf to 2.3.3 and then doing a factory reset and ill see how it goes from their.
Why don't you just get p3droids pr-rooted GB update.zip?
Much simpler.
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IDMA.DROID.X2 said:
Why don't you just get p3droids pr-rooted GB update.zip?
Much simpler.
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because i tried to rsd with it and ir said no support files
WolfsFang said:
because i tried to rsd with it and ir said no support files
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You don't use RSD, its not a SBF, you download it to your phone, rename it to "update.zip", go into recovery and select "Apply SDCARD:update.zip" or "Apply SDINTERNAL:update.zip" depending on where you saved it. Then you select reboot, and your done!
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IDMA.DROID.X2 said:
You don't use RSD, its not a SBF, you download it to your phone, rename it to "update.zip", go into recovery and select "Apply SDCARD:update.zip" or "Apply SDINTERNAL:update.zip" depending on where you saved it. Then you select reboot, and your done!
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well i sbf to gingerbread rooted my phone and got bootcamp working. I am now running Eclipse v0.8.1 i guess the factory reset helped.
Ah. I can't wait til Eclipse is on 2.3.4!
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Im loving it so far but for some reason my facebook isent syncing peoples numbers to my phone.
WolfsFang said:
Im loving it so far but for some reason my facebook isent syncing peoples numbers to my phone.
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It wont right now. I think Nitro tweeted earlier facebook sync is working on the new 2.3.4 build.
I think u may be able to just use the facebook app from the market to do that also...not sure...I didn't want my facebook contact in my contact so I haven't tried.

[Q] Unroot back to stock using RSDLite

Hi,
Could someone please help me? I'm trying to get back to full stock (well as close to it as possible) to either eliminate my problem or send back under warranty...my problem is detailed in this thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500220&page=3# ...basically my Atrix just will mot stop randomly rebooting/locking up with the screen off (needing a batter pull).
I have tried running RSDLite 5.6 in exactly the same way I unlocked the bootloader but nothing seemed to happen...RSDLite went all the way to 100% but all my phone did was reboot normally. Weird thing was, I didn't get a reboot for nearly 24 hours....and then they started again, quite regularly. Did I do something wrong? I though that SBFing it through RSD would just reflash completely back to stock.
Also, in case I cannot get rid of this REALLY annoying problem, I want to hide the 'unlocked' text at boot ...how would I go about doing that?
Thanks,
Mark
Anyone?
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Are you using the correct SBF file?
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Anyone?
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How could I tell? I have the IHOP _Bell file and the SBF file is just titled SBF_Flash
It worked a couple of months ago when I unlocked the bootloader
If you're trying to go back to stock then you have to find the official SBF. It sounds like you're using the same files that you used to unlock it in the first place.
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How could I tell? I have the IHOP _Bell file and the SBF file is just titled SBF_Flash
It worked a couple of months ago when I unlocked the bootloader
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Use a Fruitcake or you will brick
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Please don't spread misinformation. Using RSD does not automatically result in a brick. I have used it numerous times flashing Official (AT&T) SBF builds and I am still using the same phone.
With that said, it is not recommended to use RSD (which I agree) but it can be used with caution and some knowledge/research in tow.
One precaution, do not flash previous builds (SBF).
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Use a Fruitcake or you will brick
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Ok, thanks for the info, just come back to this after being away...I have done a bit of research on fruitcake but I haven't been able to find too much...where can I find the latest?

No Response from RSD Lite.

Been trying to unlock my mophos bootloader and I've been very careful to make sure I do it right and not brick my phone. I installed RSD Lite 4.9 but when I plug my phone to the usb and reboot into rsd nothing happens, my device isn't listed either. Am I missing something? (Using Windows 7 64 bit.)
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If you are on 2.3.5 you cannot unlock. If you are 2.3.4, download the Root-Unlock-Relock pack (links located in the Photon Compendium). It been available since April and has RSD lite 5.6.
Yes I am still in 2.3.4 and rooted. Would I have to get rid of my root to unlock the boot?
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Yes I am still in 2.3.4 and rooted. Would I have to get rid of my root to unlock the boot?
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No you don't. Did you install the drivers?
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Yes I did install the drivers. I managed to run the unlock tool but couldn't execute the fastboot command. Downloaded the file but every time I try to extract the files I kept getting a diagnostic error message...
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If you pulled the files form my site you need to use 7-zip. Rezipping them in a standard zip format is on the list but it will make the files larger.
Thanks guys for the help, I have my bootloader unlocked after several tries. Only problem now is that most of the pictures on my sd card are now corrupted. Has anyone experience this too? I was under the impression that this process wouldn't affect my data while the card was still mounted so I didn't consider going through the trouble of backing up. In all honesty this wasn't worth loosing my files. But thanks anyway...
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Stray2thaB said:
Thanks guys for the help, I have my bootloader unlocked after several tries. Only problem now is that most of the pictures on my sd card are now corrupted. Has anyone experience this too? I was under the impression that this process wouldn't affect my data while the card was still mounted so I didn't consider going through the trouble of backing up. In all honesty this wasn't worth loosing my files. But thanks anyway...
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It was actually stated to remove SD card while doing this although my SD card wasn't affected
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This all happened while I was trying to flash the MIUI rom. Went through the configuration and when it said I was done my phone never recovered from the boot image screen. So I tried flashing a few more times and even picked a different zip file all to no avail. Kept getting an "error while flashing boot image" so I decided to do an advanced restore. When it was all said and done my phone came back in but most of the data on my sd card was corrupted. Hopefully I will be able to recover my pics and stuff...
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Lokifish Marz said:
If you are on 2.3.5 you cannot unlock. If you are 2.3.4, download the Root-Unlock-Relock pack (links located in the Photon Compendium). It been available since April and has RSD lite 5.6.
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Hi Marz, does this mean I should stop trying the Photon Torpedo method since the only tidbit of files I need is the photon-torpedo.tar which I am waiting for someone to upload again before I try to work with my 2.3.5 Photon? ;(
Thanks,
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